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Show , ANIMALS THAT SHED TEARS. i Travelers' Observations Have Proved That Weeping Is Common. I Travelers through tho Syrian desert have en horses weep from thirst, a mule has been Been to cry from the - pain of an injured foot and cnmols, It la aald, ahed tears in streninB, says a writer In Harper's Weekly. A cow sold by Its mistress who had tended young Boko ape used to cry from vexation vexa-tion if Livingston didn't nurso It in hla arma when It nsked hlra to. Wounded apes hnvo died crying, and apca hare wept over their young slain by hunters. A chlmpanzeo trained to carry water Jugs broko ono and fell a-crylng, which provod sorrow, though. It wouldn't mend tho Jug. Itats, discovering dis-covering their young drowned, havo been moved to tears. A giraffe which a huntsman's rlflo had Injured bogas to cry when approached. Sea lions often weep over the loss of tholr young. Gordon CummlngB observed tears trickling down tho fnco of a dying dy-ing elophnnt. And even nn orangoutang orang-outang when deprived of Its mango was so vexed that It took to weeping. There la llttlo doubt, therefore, that nnlmnls do cry from grief or wesp from pain or annoyance. |